Where does “veste” come from?
veste (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch festi, from Old Dutch -i, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
veste (Middle Dutch): reliability; fortification, bulwark; castle, fort
Definitions
- reliability; fortification, bulwark; castle, fort
Ancestry of “veste”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | festi | — |
| 2 | Old Dutch | -i | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | -ī | -ness, -th |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
Words derived from “veste”